Publications by topic

A list of our content (including reports, articles, blog posts, and published letters) about public accountability.

A list of our content (including reports, articles, blog posts, and published letters) about publicly funded advertising or publicity.

A list of reports and letters to boards and chief executives highlighting the results of our annual audits in local government, central government, and for particular sectors or types of public organisations.

A list of reports, articles, or published letters that discuss asset management.

A list of content about the Controller function, including regular updates about what we've reported when carrying out that function.

A list of publications about our organisation - annual plans and annual reports, reviews of us by other audit offices, and planning documents.

A list of our content (including reports, articles, blog posts, and published letters) about the public sector response to Covid-19.

A list of our content (including reports, articles, blog posts, and published letters) about defence entities or defence-related topics.

A list of the discussion papers published by the Office of the Auditor-General.

A list of our content (including reports, articles, blog posts, and published letters) about educational institutions (the Ministry of Education, schools, polytechnics, universities, or wānanga) or education topics.

A list of our content (including reports, articles, blog posts, and published letters) about environmental agencies or environmental matters.

A list of our content (including reports, articles, blog posts, and published letters) about reducing family violence.

A list of the letters sent to us when we have asked for an update on progress with recommendations in an earlier report.

A list of our content (including reports, articles, blog posts, and published letters) about funding arrangements or grant programmes.

A list of our content (including reports, articles, blog posts, and published letters) about the health sector or health topics.

A list of reports, articles, or published letters about housing and housing agencies.

A list of our content (including reports, articles, blog posts, and published letters) about data, information, and information technology.

A list of the reports produced outside of the Office's scheduled work programme, as a result of the Auditor-General's decision to inquire into a public entity's use of resources.

A list of our content (including reports, articles, blog posts, and published letters) about justice entities and justice-related topics.

The Auditor-General publishes 40-50 reports, articles, and letters each year. Here are the 10 most recent.

A list of our content (including reports, articles, blog posts, and published letters) about the local government sector (city, district, and unitary councils, and council-controlled organisations).

A list of our content (including reports, articles, blog posts, and published letters) about councils' long-term plans (also called 10-year plans).

A list of our content (including reports, articles, blog posts, and published letters) about kaupapa Māori.

A list of our content (including reports, articles, blog posts, and published letters) about parliamentary processes or parliamentarians.

A list of our content (including reports, articles, blog posts, and published letters) about performance information and how it is reported.

A list of our reports, articles, blog posts, and published letters about procurement.

A list of our content (including reports, articles, blog posts, and published letters) about sensitive expenditure (spending that could be seen as having a private benefit).

Speeches and presentations by the staff of the Office of the Auditor-General.

A list of our content (including reports, articles, blog posts, and published letters) about transport agencies or transport topics.